Thursday, August 19, 2010

Loss of Map Reading and Navigation Skills?

Mounting concern has been expressed that geotechnologies such as satellite navigation systems (GPS) and online mapping (MapQuest) are contributing to the loss of map reading and navigation skills.

Global Impositioning Systems:  Is GPS technology actually harming our sense of direction?
by Alex Hutchinson.  From the November 2009 issue of The Walrus